Tag: Jammu and Kashmir

Most J-K Jaish commanders neutralised, new launch pads open across LoC

Source:- hindustantimes.com. Terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) launch pads in new locations across the Line of Control have been activated ahead of a possible effort to push terrorists from the Pakistan-based group into Jammu and Kashmir, top counter-terror officials and senior Jammu and Kashmir police officials said, although the latter added that this is because Indian security

Gilgit, Baltistan, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Wakilsahab

Source- ndtv.com India on Thursday voiced strong opposition to Pakistan’s reported move to declare Gilgit (Pakistan) as that country’s fifth province. “We have said that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir has been and will remain a part of India,” External Affairs Ministry Raveesh Kumar said in response to a question at a media briefing.

Army targets Pakistan military admin headquarters in PoK

Source- indianexpress.com The Indian Army Monday targeted Pakistan army’s administrative headquarters at Hazira, in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) causing extensive damage, officials said. According to security officials, this was retaliation to the firing of “stray shells’’ by Pakistani army on Poonch and Jhallas areas on October 23. One of the shells had landed in Poonch artillery brigade

Law on Jammu and Kashmir against Indians: Plea in Supreme Court

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Centre and the J&K government on Monday advocated a cautious approach to dissuade the Supreme Court from passing any interim order on petitions challenging provisions of the Indian and Jammu & Kashmir Constitutions which “discriminated” against Indians vis-a-vis state subjects. Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Ranjit Kumar said Article 35A of the Indian Constitution and

Supreme Court ruling brings clarity on Article 370

Source – dnaindia.com The Supreme Court’s reiteration that Article 370 — that grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir — is essentially permanent and not a temporary statute may not affect any pending pleas, experts say. Currently, the top court is adjudicating on several petitions including those that challenge Article 35A that empowers

Jammu and Kashmir govt sacks counsel for failing to file petition against Supreme Court’s ‘sovereignty’ verdict

Source:- financialexpress.com The Jammu and Kashmir state government has recently sacked its standing counsel in the top court for refusing to file a review petition to dispute a Supreme Court’s recently passed verdict. Some time back the Supreme Court has said that Jammu and Kashmir has no vestige of sovereignty outside the Constitution of India.